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Application filed April 18, 1908. Serial No. 427,859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ROYDEN Pnmon, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattanycity, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Recording Apparatus and Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The invention provides improvements adapted to be used in a manner which is generally similar to the use of workmens time-recorders, but which has numerous advantages over such apparatus as previously constructed. The complete apparatusis designed to calculate the wages due to the workmen, and to record the total amount due upon each of the successive days of the week, a single recording apparatus being used to record the wages of all the workmen in a shop or at least of a number of workmen. Preferably the recording of each workmans wa es is effected b rintin upon a card, and at the same time by making corresponding perforations in the card,

so that the card thus perforated may be used to control a bookkeeping machine (analogous, for example, to that of my-application for Patent No. 387,868, filed August 9, 1907) by which the amounts may be entered in suitable books and totaled as desired. Numerous other features of advantage of the complete machine, method and card, and of the several sub-combinations, are referred to in detail hereinafter. The accompanying drawings illustrate embodiments of theinvention.

Figure 1 is a vertical section on the line II of Fig. 2 showing the principal parts of the calculating mechanism in front ele-' vation.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the lower parts of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of part of the apparatus in the position of operation.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on several different planes (mainly on the line IIIIII of Fig. 11) through the lower parts of the Figs. 3 and 3 are enlarged demachine. tails of the mechanism of Fig. 3.

Fig. 4 is a plan of the top of the machine, omitting the clock.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of theupper portion of the mechanism taken on planes parallel with Fig. 1, and along the line v v of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the'same iliriechan'ism taken on the line VIVI of Fig. 6 is a sectionaldetail of Fig. 6.

Figs. 7 and 8 are details of the noon mechanism.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section (on lines IXIX of Figs. 1 and 2) of the intermediate part of the machine, showing in plan one complete set of rate wheels.

Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic perspective arrangement of a single rack bar and one set of rate wheels cooperating therewith.

F ig. 11 is a vertical section approximately on the line XIXI of Fig. 3.

Fig. 11 is a section of a detail on the line XI*XI of Fig. 11. I

Fig. 12 is a diagram showing in face elevation the several sectors which operate the punches and types, and all of which are mounted on a common shaft.

Figs. 13, 14, 15 and 16 are perspective views of certain. flanged segments hereinafter referred to.

Fig. 17 is a diagrammatic perspective view of the mechanism for transmitting the movements of the said sectors to the recording devices, the levers being separated for the sake of clearness.

Fig. 18 is a sectional view approximately on the line XVIIIXVIII of Fig. 3.

Fig. 19 is a side elevation of mechanism for controlling a clutch which prevents the advance of the computing mechanism while a record is being made.

Fig. 20 is a perspective view ofmechanism for effecting the downward movement of the segments.

' Fig. 21 is an elevation of the mechanism for effecting the advanced the minuend pins. Fig. 21 is a similar view for another position of the parts.

Fig. 22 is an elevation of the mechanism for bringing down the racks.

Figs. 23, 24, 25 and 26 show in side elevation the mechanism for operating the subpocket.

Fig.23 is a horizontal section approxi- 'mately on the linev XXIII'XXIII of ig. 27 is a face elevation of a card to be used with the machine.

Fig. 28 is a face elevation of the pocket of the machine, showing the positions of the several apertures for the punching pins, subtrahend pins, rate pins, setting pins, shoulder punches, and the like.

Fig. 29 is a face view of a modified style of card. a Fig. 30 is an elevation of a mechanism at the left-hand side of the machine for preventing the printing of certain subtrahend numbers upon a card, that is to say, for

printing the card of Fig. 29

Fig. 31 is a perspective vlew of the locking mechanism unlocked by the lifting of the noon bar.

Fig. 32 is a perspective of the plate carrying the card setting and rate selecting an imaginary line from the upper part) upon which the record is made. The upper part of the card may contain any permanent matter. For example, 475 is the workmans number; This side out is-simply a matter of direction; and the name, date, and occupation may be written in by the time-keeper. The designation 'A 6 means that the card belongs to clock A. and rate No. 6. The lower part of the card contains at the left a space C, preferably Q unruled, and at the right a space D pref- .also by imaginary lines) erably ruled, and arranged with a column at the left containing the initials of the days of the week, an intermediate column containing two spaces (one above the other) opposite each day of the week for indicating the noon recess taken by the workmen, and the column at the right for indicating in alternate lines the wages due at the end of each day and certainmumhers used by the machine in its calculations. The space C at the left of the lower part of'the card is divided preferably by imaginary lines into a number of spaces E corresponding to the greatest number of digits to be indicated on the machine, four in the present case. Each of these spaces is divided (preferably into vertical columns and horizontal lines.

certain numbers are indicated according to a determined system. Various systems are possible. For compactness on the card and simplicity of the machine I prefer a system which provides in each of the horizontal lines four points to be perforated, and which determines the figure to be expressed By the p erforating of proper points in the spaces lE,

by combinations of these four points. Thus there may be used toexpress anydesired figure either one perforation in any one of four points, or a combination of one or more.

the segment a. of Fig. 12 (being duplicated on this segment on each side of 0 for a purpose hereinafter explained). Figures corresponding to the numbers represented by the several horizontal series of perforations are located on a segment. j at the left. This Fig. 12 is a sort of negative of the system. The segments shown in this figure cooperate with a series of punches P (Figs. 3 and 3 and are moved forward against the tails of the punches. The unperforated portions of the segments operate upon the oppositely situated punches to press them forward for the perforating operation,

while those punches opposite the perforated portions of the segment will telescope the tail of the segment and fail to press them forward to perform the perforating operation. The holesindicatedin the plate have the effect, therefore, upon operation of the machine, in failing to cause the corresponding punches to perforate corresponding points upon the card; and the unperforated points on the plate result in causing their corresponding punches to make perforations at corresponding points of the card. From this the following table (illustrated in Fig. 37) is deduced No punches indicate 0 A punch in the third space indicates 1 The third and fourth spaces indicate"; 2

- The second space alone indicates 3 The second and fourth spaces indicate 4 The second, third and fourth spaces indicate 5 The first space alone indicates 6 The first and fourth spaces indicate 7 The first, third and fourth spaces indicate 8 The first, second, third and fourth spaces indicate 9,

indicates that the workman went out for provisions for controlling the recording machine, the time-keepers bookkeeping machine, and for other purposes if desired.

For example, the set of perforations F correspond to the particular workman, and serve to control the bookkeeping machine upon which the time-keeper keeps the account. They may, for example, cause the bookkeeping machine to print alongside of an amount the number or name of the workman, so as to show to whom the amount is credited.

The perforations G cooperate with certain pins in the recording machine to determine that the card is in proper position before the machine operates. The machine is controlled by a clock, which actuates mechanism adapted to record money values equivalent to elapsed time, calculated according to certain rates of wages per hour. Each machine may be adapted for'any desired number of rates. The present machine is designed for ten difl'erent rates varying from each other by the amount of 2% cents per hour. The card contains at the bottom a number of circles numbered from 1 to 10, and the time clerk punches by hand one of these circles corresponding to the rate of wages which the workman is to receive. For example, in the present case the hole H indicates that the workman is to receive the sixth rate of wages. If the lowest rate were; 12-} cents per hour, this workman would receive 25 cents per hour.

For works which are so large as to require a number of difl erent rates, greater than can be taken care of by a single machine, a plurality of such machines may be arranged to cover all the desired rates of pay. In such a casein order toprevent a stupid workman from putting his card into the wrong machine, the lower edge of the card may be notched at one or another of several marked points, and suitable stops provided in the machine which will prevent the card from being forced down to an improper depth, mechanism being also provided'by which on failure of the card to be pushed home the machine will be prevented.

from operating. In the present example the card is shown notched at J for one machine and is marked at B, C and D where it may be notched for any one of three other machines.

The card originally is of the outer contour indicated in dotted lines, and provided at each side with a shoulder K which limits its advance into the machine. At the end of each day when the record is made, a portion L at each edge of the card is cut or punched machine contains on the front side of the card the mechanism for printing and punching, at the rear side of the card the mechanism (controlled by the previous line of punches in the card) for transmitting the movement of the clock to the punching and printing mechanism. The intermediate part of the clock above the rear lower part includes a number of different rate mechanisms one or another of which is to be thrown into operation, according to the rate which is punched in the card. At the top of the ma chine is the clockwork and the immediately connected mechanism.

The main punching mechanism includes four sets of punches P (Figs. 3 and 11), each set consisting of four punches. There are two auxiliary punches Q, one above the other, for making the noon punchings. These punches are mounted slidably in a cross-bar Rfixed to the left-hand side frame of the machine and in a guide bar S connected by arms U with the movable shaft 0, collars T being arranged between the bars R and S. Fig. 3 shows in detail the manner of supporting the punches and retracting them by means of the bar S engaging collars T on the punches. The forward and rear walls W and X respectively of the card pocket are supported from opposite sides of the -machine, and preferably stiffened by angles 'Y (Figs. 11 and 18).

These walls are perforated in line with the main punches P and auxiliary punches Q, so that the punches may force the small disks of paper beyond the inner wall of the pocket and into a rectangular tube Z (Fig. 11) which extends across the rear face of the rear wall of the pocket, and from which they are removed as hereinafter described.

The forward movement of the main punches P through the paper is effected by means of segments a, a face elevation of one of these segments being shown in Fig. 12. Each of these four segments is mounted upon an arm Z) on a shaft 0, and is raised and lowered independently of the others by means of a link 01, so as to bring a desired one of the horizontal lines of the segment into conjunction with its four punches P.'

front of the notches a. When each of the segments a has been brought to the desired position, the segments are all moved inward by moving forward the shaft 0, this shaft being mounted in slots 6 in the side frames of the machine for the purpose of permitting such forward movement. When the segments are moved forward, Wherever a hole in a segment is in conjunction with a punch the punch will be unmoved; wherever a solid portion of the segment is in line with a punch, that punch will be pressed through the card to perforate the latter.

For the noon-hour punch a similar device comprising a solid segment f is used, mounted upon an arm 9 operated by an upwardly extending link h, the height of the segment f being comparatively slight and its position being calculated so that it lies normally above both of the auxiliary punches Q, but may be dropped to engage one or the other of these punches upon the operation of the noon mechanism. I

At the right of the punches just described is a set of four type-carriers j, Figs. 18,3 and 3 each corresponding to one of the punch-operating segments a, and partaking of the same angular movements therewith. For the purpose of synchronizing these angular movements (Figs. 3, 11 and 18), the first of the arms?) may have its hub is set rigidly on the shaft 0 and the first of the type-bearing arms may have its hub Z similarly set at a fixed angle on the shaft. The

hub m of the second arm I) may be connected to the hub a of the corresponding type-carrier by means of a connecting arm p parallel with the shaft. The third arm I) may be connected by a lateral extension 9 with a stiff longitudinal connector 0' whichis connected to a similar extension q on the corresponding type-carrier, and the fourth' arm *5 may be connected by an extension 8 with a longitudinal connector i connected to a corresponding extension 8 upon the proper type-carrier. The longitudinal connections 0, p, r and t are so located as to oscillate without interference with each other (see Fig. 11). Thus each of the type-carriers receives its movement from its corresponding punch-operating segment.

Each of the type-carriers y carries at its edge a double set of type from 0 to 9, the normal position being as shown in Fig. 12. The individual types a (Fig. 3 are guided at their rear ends in guides 'v on the carriers j, and are pressed backward by springs to. The rear ends of the types a (Fig. 18) lie in the planes of four hammers m (Fig. 3), the points of these hammers being adapted to strike in line with the printing to be effected. That is to say, when a type-carrying segment is swung to position to bring an appropriate type in 11118 the hammer strikes the rear end of this type. The front wall W of the pocket is appropriately cut away at the point where the printing is to be done, and the inking ribbon 3 passes between the type-carrier and the pocket at this point, the ribbon being passed entirely around the printing mechanism and having its opposite ends wound respectively on two spools a. r

A pair of square-headed punches 11 (Fig. 3) are mounted at opposite sides of the machine in suitable brackets and pressed back by springs 12, their heads serving to cut off the shoulders at the edges of the card, as previously explained. These punches are operated by arms 13 which are raised and lowered by means of links 14c extending upward therefrom (Fig. 18) and are held upward by such links, except for the operation at the end of a day, when they are lowered to a position in line with the punches, so that upon the forward move ment of the shaft 0 the shoulder of the card is cut off to a higher point.

The punching movements are efiected as previously explained by the shifting of the shaft 0 toward the card. 'As far as the types are concerned, however, these are merely brought nearer to the card by this shifting movement of the shaft. The actual printing must be effected by a hammer blow.

Consequently (F ig.- 18) the several hammers w are arranged to be actuated each by means of a projection 15 mounted upon an arm 16, the hammers and the arms 16 being mounted independently of each other upon a short shaft 17, and each arm 16 having at its outer end a strong spring 18 tending to pull the arm upward and to actuate the corresponding hammer. When the arms 16 are drawn downward, as hereinafter explained, retracting springs 19 draw the hammers to their outer positions. Each arm 16 is normally held down by a hook 20 pulled inward by a spring 21 and pivoted at 22, and having a short arm 23 which at a proper moment is subjected to an upward pull from a shoulder 24 on a link 25, which upward pull throws the hook 20 out of engagement with the arm 16 and allows the latter to be pulled upward and to throw the hammerforward. For each of the hammers w there is a separate arm 16, hook 20 and link 25. Normally the shoulders 24 are beyond the horizontal arms 23 of the hooks, so that any movements of these shoulders is without influence upon the hammers. But when the machine is to be operated, the proper links 25 are thrown over to bring their shoulders '24: into operative positions, and this movement of the links 25 is effected by means of arms 26 pivoted upon shafts 27 which receive an appropriate movement from the mechanism which sets the punchoperating segments in position. 

